Friday, October 18, 2013

Offensive?

Does anybody seriously think that the name "Blackhawks" as used in the name Chicago Blackhawks, is offensive? Is there any American Indian walking around this morning feeling bad about the use of that name? Of course not. If anything, it honors the tribe that lived here. So why are there calls to rename the team?

If anything is offensive, it's that the Indians were evicted from the lands that their ancestors occupied for 10,000 years. If you want to make them feel better, give them back their land. 

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10/18/2013

    Back in the day when Blackhawk's band of merry friendly Indians were braining babies, raping and torturing female settlers that were our ancestors they were referred to as "Drunken red savages". Luckily we had guns, otherwise we would be running around in loincloths looking for rodents to eat.

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  2. Anonymous10/18/2013

    I saw a clipping that suggested the Redskins drop Washington from their name because Washington DC is 17 Trillion dollar embarrassment!

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  3. Anonymous10/19/2013

    Rename them the "African American Hawks."

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